You can move the girl out of the Midwest, but can you take the Midwest out of her?, or
The misadventures of a librarian in Baltimore

Friday, May 21, 2004

So many things to say and only so much time to blog at work.

Anyway, I've found someone new to trade music with. Tom (from work) got a ride with me a few times over the past week, and he liked my Turin Brakes CD that was playing. Said it reminded him of T-Rex, so I ended up getting a copy of one of their CDs -- T-Rexstacy. So I made copies of both Turin Brakes albums and threw in a copy of Blur: Best Of because he didn't have any Blur.

Anyway, it's nice to have someone to talk about music with -- even if I'm not quite as up to date as I used to be. It's hard to keep current with music if you don't have cable or high speed internet. And then there's the whole downloading issues of late -- legal or not, it was a great way to get new music. I still have over 2000 MP3s on my computer, many of which I have never actually listened to. In fact, earlier this year, I just made a CD with some MP3s that I had -- The Avalanches. They are fun and Frontier Psychiatrist is excellent. I think you can even watch the music video at the MTV site -- but I can't do that at work.

So why I am suddenly waxing about music? I read an editorial in the NY Times by Nick Hornby -- Rock of Ages -- and it just made me think about how hard it is to keep up with popular music. I'm still young, but it does become more difficult to stay current. I can't imagine what it'll be like in another ten years!